Don Mattingly is finally getting his chance to manage a baseball team, although the major leagues are still a step away. The Dodgers’ bench coach will manage the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, a hopeful step in the right direction for Mattingly. Mattingly long has been rumored to replace…
A recent article produced by ESPN has opened some eyes, and may leave some people hunched over a trash can. The article focuses on stadium food and health inspections in all 107 stadiums sanctioned by the governing bodies of the four major professional sports (the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the…
The Arizona Diamondbacks, sporting a not-so-stellar 37-62 record, are clearly sellers at the trade deadline this season. While Dan Haren was shipped off to the Angels yesterday, is another D-Backs pitcher could be on the move. This time it’s Edwin Jackson who has piqued the interest of the Washington Nationals…
With NFL training camps set to start up soon, ESPN has released its off-season Power Rankings. This list, which ranks all 32 NFL teams from top to bottom, has the usual suspects at the top. But another predictable team is your Arizona Cardinals, who placed 15th on the rankings. For…
It certainly wasn’t a weekend to remember for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not only did the Snakes lose the services of ace pitcher Dan Haren in a nothing trade with the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim, the sucktastic squad was also the victim of a series sweep by the San Francisco Giants…
Welcome to a playoff race, Dan Haren. The D-Backs ace was traded to theAmerican League Angels on Sunday in exchange for Joe Saunders and minor leaguers Rafael Rodriguez and southpaw Patrick Corbin. They also get a player to be named later, rumored to be pitching prospect Tyler Skaggs. Long rumored to…
Of the hundreds of sports franchises in the world, the Arizona Cardinals are worth quite the pretty penny. According to Forbes magazine, the Cards rank as the 30th most valuable sports team in the world. The value of the team, owned by William Bidwill, is a hefty $935 million, and…
As the days pass, it seems there are more and more rumors surrounding D-Backs pitcher Dan Haren. With the July 31 trade deadline inching closer and closer, the word around baseball is that Haren probably is going to get traded — sorry D-Backs fans. But Haren himself spoke out yesterday, saying he…
The D-Backs’ shutout loss to the scrappy San Francisco Giants should have come as little surprise to anyone even with half-an-eye on the last-place homeboys. The 3-0 defeat at Chase Field ended Arizona’s three-game winning streak (which had come at the expense of the befuddled New York Mets). Still, “our” guys did keep…
It’s a date that’s been circled on the calendars of video-game and football geeks for months: August 10, 2010. Which’s the release date of Madden 2011, pretty much the most successful video game ever. Since some nerds will be lined up to buy their copy at midnight, we thought we’d…
The Diamondbacks open up a four-game series tonight at home against the San Francisco Giants. The D-Backs are trying to win their fourth game in a row while the Giants are trying to stay in the playoff race. It’s pretty much just another series in July. But the teams could…
There were six runs scored over the first six innings of the D-Backs and Mets game last night. Over the next eight, there was only one. But it’s a run the D-Backs will take, as it gave them a sweep of the New York Mets with a 4-3 win. Chris…
Dan Haren could be on his way out of town by July 31, the MLB’s trade deadline. According to Fox Sports Arizona, Haren would be willing to waive his partial no-trade clause if the deal was presented. Haren has a clause in his contract that allows him to cancel trades to…
We remember The Play like it was yesterday, to steal a clich’e, though it was almost a quarter-century ago, November 1986. It was a bright, sunny afternoon in Tucson, and we were right down on the field, parallel to the action inside Arizona’s 10-yard-line on the south side…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have their first two-game winning streak of the Kirk Gibson era, thanks to a 3-2 win Tuesday night over the New York Mets at Chase Field. The back-to-back wins also give the D-Backs their first series win in almost a month. Barry Enright, who was called…
It turns out Robin Lopez won’t be giving it a go for Team USA, after all. Even though the Suns center was invited to training camp in Las Vegas last week, Lopez has decided not to participate. Instead, he will continue to heal a back injury that slowed him down…
While the Suns, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, and Coyotes dominate the sports headlines around town, one team actually is a proven winner. Yes, we’re talking about the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. While they may not get the attention they deserve, they were honored by President Barack Obama yesterday for winning the…
omebody better call the cops, because a major beatdown took place in downtown Phoenix last night. Namely, Mark Reynolds and the rest of the Arizona Diamondbacks administered an old-fashioned ass-whupping to the New York Mets at Chase Field on Monday evening, resulting in a lopsided 13-2 victory. It was a…
As we all know, Amar’e Stoudemire is now a member of the New York Knicks. But STAT wanted to stay here in Phoenix, at least that’s what he’s saying now that he signed a huge contract. All the Suns had to do was offer him fully guaranteed five-year maximum contract…
With the July 31st trade deadline looming on the horizon, many are wondering if the D-Backs will make any noise in the following days. One name that keeps getting thrown around is starting pitcher Dan Haren, who is 7-8 with a 4.60 ERA and 133 strikeouts this year. The team…
Although he was highly successful during his stint with the Phoenix Suns,Charles Barkley’s heart apparently lies elsewhere. At least when it comes to the gridiron. Speaking to an NBC affiliate in Washington over the weekend, Barkley announced that he is now a follower of the Washington Redskins…
This was not the way the Diamondback wanted to start the second half. In a their first series after the All-Star break, the D-Backs were trounced and swept by the San Diego Padres while getting outscored 26-10. The most electrifying moment of the weekend came yesterday when Snakes’ third baseman…
